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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Master Bedroom Reveal

At last, I can finally call my master bedroom complete and I love it! Welcome to my personal escape... I do have three little kids. There's is quite a bit to share, so grab that cup of coffee and get comfy...

I started this room last spring when I painted the walls and slowly completed one project at a time and finished up the last project yesterday when I completed the bench at the end of the bed...

I also gave my old childhood dresser a face-lift that you can see here...

It makes a great place to store all my jewelry...

I'm not sure what took so long to finally just be done with the room. There were still things I wanted to add to the room, but life just got in the way I guess. I decided to really tackle it last week after finding some mercury glass lamps that I fell in love with at HomeGoods to replace my $3 yard sale lamps that I'd been staring at for way too long. I hand-painted "Mr. and Mrs." for a little personalization...

I love the splash of sparkle the mercury glass adds to the room. They go perfectly with my Chalk Paint Coco and silver metallic nightstands that I've had forever (they've seen several makeovers now)...

Besides the paint, I jazzed them up with some cute little glass knobs. I'd love to have some of those mirrored chests to go here someday...will have to save my pennies.

But you know what really makes me happy about this room?...

I only spent about $900 for everything in this entire room (except the mattress) and only $400 of it was for furniture! We had to get rid of many things when we moved across the country, so I've been trying to furnish our house for as little as I can. I scored some great deals including a solid wood bed for $75, window coverings (including shade, 4 drapery panels, and rods) all for $90, DIY bench for $75, those $20 thrift store chairs, and a $100 TV armoire (I don't like looking at a flat screen in my bedroom).

Accessories and bedding filled up the rest of the budget, but yard sale finds like the mirror and crystal chandelier that were updated with some spray paint helped keep those costs down.

I put out my fuzzy, warm fur throws and pillows for the winter... I just love these!

It's incredibly nice to escape to this room at the end of a long day and to wake up here with the sun streaming through those windows to a hot cup of coffee...

Hope you enjoyed! You can also find paint colors and sources over at my Home Tour. I also be sharing a step-by-step tutorial on how to build the bench that is at the end of my bed in the next few days.

Beautiful! What a retreat! The best part I love about it is knowing all the work and time that went into it! Anyone (with some money of course!) can go out and buy brand new everything and put a room together...but it takes WORK and effort to wait...search and find things for a good price...fix them up and create a gorgeous room like yours!! My whole house is put together with orphaned items that were inexpensive, passed down or free. I know the work involved! You. did. Great.!!!

Kristen...what can I say...other than amazingly beautiful ....with so many creative touches everywhere!...Love the personalized shades, the wonderful chairs...just everything!!!!...What a gorgeous place to retreat to!!!

What a stunning room. I adore the mix of fabrics and the colors you chose!!! AMAZING that you did it on such a shoestring budget... it looks like you spent 10 times that or more!!!I can't wait to see how you made the bench! Wonderful post... beautiful room!!!!

Your bedroom is beautiful! Your chalkboard faux-firebox, that is just awesome. When I first saw the photo, I thought it was a cleaver painting, like the ones that were done 200 years ago, to cover up the yawning firebox during the warmer months, and just loved what I thought was the tongue-in-cheek design of the smouldering fire! Goes to show you how much the art of illusion can fool! Absolutely a-w-e-s-o-m-e! Geez, I keep saying that, I sound like a teenager from the 1990's. Did you paint your bedskirt in that beautiful wide black/white stripe? Only ask because I have seen similarly wide-striped but only in very high-prized decorator magazines. By the way, I think you did a great job reupholstering those chairs with such beautiful lines. You wrote that you made mistakes on them, but I sure can't see them. Kudos to you for having the guts to tackle and complete such a project. Wow! If you haven't heard it before, I won't hesitate to tell you that after seeing this room for the first time, and going through and visiting the links you provided to some of the redos you undertook in order to put this room together, you are just one Super Woman to have accomplished this, and in the time frame you've posted, and with the budget you listed, well, it's just down-right supernatural, lady. My hat is off to you. Can I hire you to do my house? But you'll have to come up to Milwaukee to do it.

Oh gosh, Kristen, your master bedroom is just amazing in its complete look but even MORE amazing is how you achieved that look with all your hard work and creative talents...and for such a great price. I enjoyed seeing this post with all the projects collected together. Thanks for sharing everything with us.

Okay, so I know I already commented once already but I was blown away once again when I came across your photos on Savvy Southern Style and took the time to look at the rest of your house. Your taste is impeccable. It is a space I could move right into and not change a thing. I also read that you relocated to NC from WA. I have lived in WA all my life but we are beginning to look at places in your neck of the woods as we grow closer to retirement and more and more tired of rain and more rain. I haven't found many bloggers with such great style from this area. I seem to be drawn into the blogs of Southerners :) Thanks again for sharing. Patti@OldThingsNew P.S.New Follower

What a beautiful room and you were so creative in your choices and makeovers. Love it all, it looks so peaceful. Really love the bench at the foot of the bed, would love to hear more about it.... thinking I would like to create something like that also. Those lamps are just gorgeous!! Way to go, girl! Blessings, Linda

Absolutely stunning! Such beautiful touches and special details ~ you really are talented. It's so hard to say what might be my favorite...all of it is! :)

I'm new to your blog and so happy to have found you. I will be looking around to see how you did some of these amazing finishes. The chairs for $20? I never see deals like that plus your upholstery job is wonderful!

Absolutely stunning! Such beautiful touches and special details ~ you really are talented. It's so hard to say what might be my favorite...all of it is! :)

I'm new to your blog and so happy to have found you. I will be looking around to see how you did some of these amazing finishes. The chairs for $20? I never see deals like that plus your upholstery job is wonderful!

Hi, Great post. I found you through the blog hop. Now following you.Please stop by and say hi when you get a chance. Be sure and check out my new Blog Hop that we just started, It's Weekly Goals Link Up. It's a great way to stay on track. Have a great day. :) Here's the link in case you want to check it out. Thanks again.http://lenettacarnes.blogspot.com/2013/01/weekly-goals-linkup-html

I LOVE your bedroom! I have the same comforter and thought I had to stick with all black and white, but I love your taupe pieces too! I am so glad I found your blog~! Found you from Stone Gable feature! Hope you check out my blog too! Thanks for sharing!